Lidl tables plans for store on former Timperley garden centre
The former Dobbies Garden Centre off Green Lane could be redeveloped into a supermarket under plans lodged by the rapidly expanding chain.
Lidl has submitted an application to Trafford Council requesting permission to build a 23,500 sq ft store with a 16,500 sq ft sales area on the 2.25-acre Timperley site.
The scheme would provide 115 car parking spaces.
The Dobbies complex, formerly Wyevale Garden Centre, closed in 2024 when owner Ares Management pursued a restructure on widening losses.
Rapleys, which is retained by Lidl to provide planning and design advice, is leading on the application. Space Architects, Enzygo, Signify, DDA, FDA, Acoustic Consultants, Cora IHT, and Obsidian Geo-Consulting are also advising Lidl.
To learn more, search for reference number 119260/FUL/26 on Trafford Council’s planning portal.
Now trading in the UK for 32 years, Lidl GB has grown to boast more than 35,000 employees, over 1,000 stores and 13 distribution centres. The business is part of the Schwarz Group, a global retail behemoth with annual revenue of €167.3bn in 2024.
Do you know how many sqft the existing garden centre was by any chance?
Lidl is better than nothing, just a sad reflection of the market. Much better than it being rundown or used for industrial purposes. Also glad it’s not replacing a store with housing. I’ve nothing against housing, it’s just an area that’s in danger of becoming nothing but housing where you have to drive to everything else.
By Anonymous
Much more downmarket, a sign of the area’s decline.
By Anonymous
We don’t want it.
By Anonymous
Given the shortage of secondary school places, surely this is an ideal location for an expansion of Altrincgam College …
By Anonymous
Surely its better to have a thriving Company , that will offer employment ?
By Geoff.